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コセカント (kosekanto) Japanese meaning: cosecant | Kotomora

コセカント

Meanings

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cosecant

Mathematical term for the reciprocal of sine; used in trigonometry.

コセカントは正せい弦げんの逆ぎゃく数すうです。
Cosecant is the reciprocal of sine.

Related words

セカント
Secant is the reciprocal of cosine, while cosecant is the reciprocal of sine.
サイン
Sine is the base trigonometric function; cosecant is its reciprocal.

Word family

アークコセカント
arccosecant; inverse cosecant

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'cosecant', a mathematical term.